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Active learning through online quizzes: better learning and less (busy) work.

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Title: Active learning through online quizzes: better learning and less (busy) work.
Authors: Cook, Brian Robert1 (AUTHOR) brian.cook@unimelb.edu.au, Babon, Andrea1 (AUTHOR)
Source: Journal of Geography in Higher Education. Feb2017, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p24-38. 15p.
Subject Terms: *Active learning, *Rating of students, *Learning, *Student attitudes, *Teacher-student relationships, *Young adults, *Higher education
Abstract: Active learning is increasingly promoted within institutions of higher education to assist students develop higher order thinking and link knowledge to meaning. In this paper, the authors evaluate the use of weekly online quizzes based on prescribed preparatory material as a tool to incentivize preparatory reading in order to enable and encourage active learning. The study is based on mixed data sources, including three years of student-evaluation data, to understand student perceptions of the role and value of online quizzes. The study shows a high level of student engagement with the quizzes and positive assessment of their role in encouraging the completion of prescribed reading. Online quizzes were found to be an effective mechanism for incentivizing student completion of preparatory work, enhancing active learning (such as through in-class discussions), and were relatively time efficient from the perspective of the educator. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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